Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Āwash in Ethiopia

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Āwash in Ethiopia on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pir6. Unique identifier: us6000pir6. The temblor was detected at 22:07:42 / 10:07 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/01/25 / 2025-01-08 22:07:42 / January 8, 2025 @ 10:07 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 40.1478° East, latitude 9.1968° North, depth = 10 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abomsa, Debre Birhan, Debre Sīna (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Ethiopia (c. 88 013 000 pop). Event epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Debre Birhan (c. 57 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Āsbe Teferī (c. 30 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Metahāra (c. 23 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Bedēsa (c. 17 500 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Gelemso (c. 16 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Abomsa (c. 15 300 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Āwash (c. 11 400 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seventy-three, in the past 30 days ninety-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 23 km N of Āwash, Ethiopia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	40.1478° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.1968° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	23 km N of Āwash, Ethiopia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-08 22:07:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-08 22:29:00	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	4	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.3	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	371	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	66	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.525	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.67 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	65	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000pir6	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pir6	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pir6,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.9 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

40.1478° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

9.1968° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

23 km N of Āwash, Ethiopia

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2025-01-08 22:07:42

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2025-01-08 22:29:00

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

4.3

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.

Review Status

reviewed

Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.

Tsunami

This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.

SIG

371

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,us,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

3.525

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.67 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us6000pir6

Id of event.

Event Code

6000pir6

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us6000pir6,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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